We have a tendency to take our surroundings for granted. We fail to recognize, not only our dependence on it but also, our connection to it. As we rush through our lives, pushing to make a living, accumulate possessions, prepare for the future, we are constantly at risk to over look and take the beauty and diversity of our world for granted. It is only when we pause, that we become vaguely aware of the complexity of the organism in which we find our existence. In fact, we tend to even ignore that fact that the world as we know it is, indeed a complex organism and that we are just a part of it, not above it.

As we continue to affect our world, this co-dependancy is likely to become more and more apparent. Our success seems to be connected to our ability to take this vague awareness to a different level where we find value in creation, not for our own gain, exploitation and wealth, but rather as a gift to be used by this generation and many more to come.

(This is a re-work of a previously posted image)